Question

Alana earnerd money doing chores. Her grandmother agreed to add $4.00 to the amount Alana earned and then give her half of that sum. Alana's grandmother gave her gave her $4.25. Write and solve an equation to find the amount of Alana's donation

Answer 1

Hence amount of Alana's donation is $4.5.

Explanation:

Amount of Alana's donation = x

Her grandmother agreed to add $4.00 to the amount Alana earned.

So new amount of money = (x+4)

She gives only half of the sum which is (x+4)/2.

She gave her $4.25 so both values must be equal.

`(\left(x+4\right))/(2)=4.25`

`x+4=4.25*2`

`x+4=8.5`

`x=8.5-4`

`x=4.5`

Hence amount of Alana's donation is $4.5.